Editing Myrddin (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
===Pocket Dimensions===
Myrddin has access to several pocket dimensions that each follow different rules. He can fling gates to these sub-dimensions out and then set their output/input to activate them for varying 'spells', i.e., dimension-specific effects.<ref name="powerlist">Myrddin '''Carried several pocket dimensions, flinging them out and activating them for a selection of dimension-specific effects.''' - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgn9rgYutpBqJg1lSBP3NHnq9WK4ToLq9K4ys_I4cRc/edit#gid=0 Parahuman List], bolded edit by Wildbow</ref><ref name="cast-page"/><ref name="Discord eRunes" />

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*A vacuum.<ref name="19.5 e1" /><ref name="Discord eRunes" />
*One that he can use to fly.<ref name="Discord eRunes" /><ref name="Discord eFlight" />
*One that holds banished individuals.<ref name="17.7 eConcussive" />
*One that holds energy or compressed air that will explode outward with concussive force when released.<ref name="17.7 eConcussive" />
*One with heat and concussive flame<ref name="Discord eRunes" /> for explosions of energy when released.<ref name="19.6 eContainIgnis" />
*One with ensnaring green mist.<ref name="reddit eChevalierTeamUp">Sic him against warlords and monsters, get video footage where necessary, bonus points if you have video where Myrddin is helping out and Chevalier is wading through a sea of ensnaring green mist, fire, or a storm of lightning (with precautions made) to punch out or cut down a seemingly unbreakable Brute. -  Comment by Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/61528294 -->
*One with fire.<ref name="reddit eChevalierTeamUp" />
*One with lightning.<ref name="reddit eChevalierTeamUp" />
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The versatility of his power gives Myrddin a wide bag of tricks to use against his opponents.<ref name="19.5 e1" />
*He can apply a specific pocket dimension to fly.<ref name="Discord eRunes" /><ref name="Discord eFlight">'''Kaisheng21:''' oh, quick question while you're here<br>was he flying via pocket dimensions or was he just flying artillery-ish<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Stated above.<br><br>'''Kyakan:''' per the quote above it's a result of him applying the pocket dimensions - Conversation with Wildbow on Cauldron Discord</ref>
*Myrddin can temporarily "banish" a target for a duration by pulling them into his containment pocket dimension (input) and spitting them out sometime later (output).<ref name="SV hostage" /><ref name="Discord ePortalMess" /> When activating the gate, he points his staff at the target; a clap of thunder<ref name="19.5 eBanishEchidna" /> or cloud of mist<ref>“Stand down,” Myrddin ordered.<br><br>“I’ll pass,” Krouse replied.  He looked at the injured P.R.T. soldier, “We’ve got-”<br><br>“Begone,” Myrddin said, pointing his staff.<br><br>The officer vanished in a cloud of mist.<br><br>“-A hostage,” Krouse finished. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/14 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.7]]</ref> can accompany this activation. Note that the target can consist of more than one individual (e.g., an entire group of allies).<ref name="19.5 e2">Echidna hadn’t used her power yet. She’d absorbed enough capes, but something was holding her back. I wondered if her regeneration drew on the same pool of flesh-generation that made the clones and she couldn’t make clones while healing the kind of heavy damage the Triumvirate was dishing out. Maybe there was some other drawback.<br><br>The ‘shoulders’ of her lower body scraped and dragged against the sides of buildings as she stampeded through the back alleyways. She kicked a dumpster and sent it careening as she ran, brushed against a fire escape with enough speed and force that it was ripped from the brick wall.<br><br>She was very nearly out of my power’s reach when Myrddin cut her off. He waved his staff and a group of heroes materialized around him. Tecton and Chevalier were among them. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/05 Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.5]]</ref>
**He struggles to contain individuals outputting a huge [[Blaster]] power (e.g., [[Burnscar]] shooting fire, [[Ignis Fatuus]] shooting blasts of wind) or those with ongoing portal/interdimensional stuff (e.g., [[Echidna]]).<ref name="Discord ePortalMess">'''Kyakan:''' when he banished Krouse to protect him from the c53s the Simurgh released he gave Dragon a location and ETA on Krouse's return<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Pulled them into a pocket<br>Spat them out.<br><br>'''Kyakan:''' but if he could pull Krouse back out at will I don't think that would be necessary<br>with Echidna he had to struggle to keep her contained, though I have no idea how that works<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Krouse's case was just putting him into a pocket that was set to release him a time later.<br>Echidna is a mess of ongoing power and powerstuff.  Portals and interdimensional stuff gets wonky/strained when they overlap/interplay. - Conversation with Wildbow on Cauldron Discord</ref><ref>'''Wildbow:''' Think of her as a portal to 'meat' that's constantly pushing out to fit an echidna-shaped mold, as she perpetually regenerates.  As she eats dead matter and adds to her mass, she basically extends that mold.<br><br>'''Archon:''' Oh, that's how Scion worked too right? Well less messy.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' It's pretty fundamental to a lot of powers and how they work.<br>You'd run into a similar 'struggling to contain' thing with Myrddin trying to keep someone in a pocket dimension while they were outputting a huge blaster power.<br>[...]<br>The fire someone like Burnscar shoots is coming from somewhere. - Conversation with Wildbow on Cauldron Discord</ref><ref name="19.6 eContainIgnis">Myrddin was below Legend and Alexandria, recuperating from holding Echidna at bay.  He took to the air, flying up to Echidna and the Eidolon-clone from behind.<br><br>He pointed his staff at the Eidolon, and his target disappeared.<br><br>The air the Psycho-Eidolon had compressed expanded all at once, sending Myrddin flying off course and Echidna rolling sideways, over a line of parked cars.  For the moment, the vacuum was gone.<br><br>Myrddin set himself down on the ground.  He wasn’t using his power against Echidna or the clones, which suggested that his reserves were low.<br><br>The Eidolon-clone reappeared.  He turned and spotted Myrddin.  The two started fighting, the Eidolon trying to close the gap and trap Myrddin in his vacuum, which was considerably smaller in area than before, but growing every second.  He hampered the self-professed wizard’s flying with headwinds and gusts, and sharp blasts of wind that Myrddin deflected or dodged.  Myrddin, for his part, attacked relentlessly, pummeling the Eidolon with explosions of energy alternating with scattered releases of whatever he managed to suck in while close to the ground. - [[Scourge 19.6]]</ref> For example, when Myrddin banished Echidna and her swallowed hostages, he immediately had to start concentrating and went very still.<ref name="19.5 eBanishEchidna">Myrddin caught up and hit her with one of his ‘spells’.  Echidna promptly disappeared in a clap of thunder, and Myrddin went very still, floating in the air.<br><br>From his controlled breathing and lack of celebration, I could only assume that Myrddin was concentrating.  Echidna wasn’t dead and gone, only held at bay for the time being.  I was willing to bet it was the same effect he’d used to carry Chevalier, Tecton and his other teammates into the fight in the alleyway. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/05 Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.5]]</ref> He lost concentration sometime afterward, releasing Echidna<ref>Overall, our side was winning, but we weren’t winning ''fast''.  Nearly a third of us had fallen when Shatterbird hit, and more were losing in this chaos that followed.<br><br>Which made this the moment, fittingly, when Echidna popped back into existence.<br><br>Eidolon and Legend had been doing what they could from range, and now they were forced to deal with Echidna, leaving the rest of us to deal with the remaining clones. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/05 Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.5]]</ref> and forcing him to spend some time to recuperate. When Myrddin later tried banishing Ignis Fatuus, he could not concentrate for long and the clone quickly broke out.<ref name="19.6 eContainIgnis" />
*[[Legend]] speculates that Myrddin could rig some sort of countermeasure to keep prisoners such as [[Madcap]] from escaping long-term.<ref name="I12½">“He’s going to run the second he gets a chance.”<br><br>“There are options.  Tracking devices, or perhaps Myrddin can put some countermeasure in place.” - [[Interlude 12.5]]</ref>

===='Runes'====
Myrddin can draw a 'rune' or sign in the air to 'code' a gate and control output/input, allowing him to better shape the resulting dimension-specific effect.<ref name="Discord eRunes">'''Wildbow:''' The flight and runes are extensions of the actual power.<br>[...]<br>He has access to pocket dimensions, like a vacuum, one with heat and concussive flame, etc.  He uses runes to 'code' the gates and control output/input. - Comment by Wildbow on Cauldron Discord</ref>
*He could draw a glowing symbol in the air that then explodes outward, firing a blast of concussive force in the same shape as the symbol. This allowed him to target specific combatants while ignoring his teammates. [[Trickster]] speculated that this was opening a crack into a dimension filled with compressed air.<ref name="17.7 eConcussive">Myrddin shifted his staff, and Krouse tensed.<br><br>Where the staff-tip moved, a thread of blinding light was drawn in the air, loose and loopy, like the light trail from a sparkler.<br><br>The light exploded outward with a concussive force, and both Krouse and Noelle were slammed against the walls.  The shape of the trail Myrddin had drawn meant the resulting blast passed over and to either side of his lantern-bearing teammate.  Her clothes were barely ruffled.<br><br>''He has personal dimensions he carries around with him'', Krouse theorized.  ''And each one follows different rules.  One holds banished people, maybe that one holds energy or compressed air, and he just needs to open it a crack to let the stuff out.'' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/14 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.7]]</ref> He could use this power several times in rapid succession.<ref name="19.6">[[Scourge 19.6]]</ref> This blast could be powerful enough to push [[Echidna]] around.<ref name="19.5 ePush">Echidna charged Myrddin and the heroes that accompanied him.  He used his staff to draw something into the air.  My bugs could feel a vibration, see the white blur of a light source.<br><br>The sign he’d drawn exploded outward, striking Echidna on her right side.  It was enough to alter her course, and her shoulder slammed into the corner of one building.  Her body dragged against the building’s face until that she had to stop and pull away. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/05 Excerpt] from  [[Scourge 19.5]]</ref>
* Could draw a 'dark sign' in midair that suctioned incoming matter (e.g. bodies, bugs, dust, gore, mist etc.) into it.<ref name="8.3 e1">''Tidal Wave.''<br>[...]<br>The water surging around us stopped abruptly, evaporated into a mist in a second.  Swirling, the mist began drifting.<br><br>Myrddin, working with Eidolon. They stood in the center of the road, Eidolon turning the water into mist, while Myrddin gathered it.  Myrddin’s wooden stick was held aloft, and the mist was forming a sphere the size of a beachball at one end.<br><br>Ok, I could ''almost'' buy the wizard angle, seeing that. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/03/10 Excerpt] from [[Extermination 8.3]]</ref> This vacuum was powerful enough to pull nearby combatants toward him.<ref name="19.5 e1">Chevalier and Myrddin made an effective duo.<br>[...]<br>Myrddin, for his part, coupled versatility with raw power to devastating effect. He had a bag of tricks and switched from one to another without hesitation. Echidna spewed a stream of bodies and gore, and Myrddin drew a dark sign into the air, suctioning the incoming matter into it. I sensed Chevalier and Tecton slamming their weapons into the nearest surfaces to avoid being pulled in, catching hold of allies who weren’t so capable. Then my own bugs were yanked toward the crevice and violently crushed against all of the other debris, leaving me momentarily blind in that area. More of my bugs flowed in, giving me time to see Chevalier delivering a series of powerful sword strikes and cannon shots at Echidna, not letting up. He paused, throwing himself into a side-alley as Noelle tried to stomp on him, and Myrddin released the matter he’d suctioned in as a condensed bullet of gore, dust, crushed bodies and dead bugs.<br><br>Perhaps the strongest thing about the partnership between the two heroes was how well it accommodated others.  Heroes with ranged powers were free to unload on Echidna while the other two fought, and heroes like Tecton could offer further support, destroying the ground beneath her feet.  She was big enough now that he couldn’t trap her, but he could make her stumble, or bring concrete from the nearby buildings raining down on top of her. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/05 Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.5]]</ref> Myrddin then released this collected matter as a condensed projectile: for example; after [[Eidolon]] evaporated a tidal wave from [[Leviathan]] into mist, Myrddin gathered it to form a beachball-sized sphere, then launched the orb at the Endbringer, sending him flying into a nearby building.<ref name="8.3 e2">Leviathan leaped from the roof of a nearby building, landing in the midst of one group that was still reeling from the wave, started tearing through them.<br>[...]<br>Myrddin pointed his staff and launched that orb at Leviathan.  It hit harder than anything yet, and the brute was sent flying into the interior of a nearby building. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/03/10 Excerpt] from [[Extermination 8.3]]</ref>
**He presumably used a version of this ability to remove radioactive dust that had become enmeshed within Wanton.<ref>"Myrddin caught up with me, collected all the radioactive stuff," [[Wanton]] said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/26 Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.3]]</ref>

====Limitations====
Each pocket dimension has its own gate, so he cannot have more than one gate to a particular sub-dimension at a time. For example, while the effects of a banishment are ongoing, he cannot perform another banishment.<ref name="17.7 e 10">“Banish one?” the man with the spheres asked.<br><br>“Already banished their hostage.”<br><br>“Want me to grab one to take into custody?”<br><br>“Be my guest, Anomaly.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/14 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.7]]</ref>

By himself, Myrddin cannot open [[portals]] between different [[earths]].<ref>“Can you open doors between worlds?” Krouse asked.<br><br>Myrddin went stiff.  “No.  Are you implying you’re one of the creatures from the world ''she'' opened a door to?”<br><br>''She''.  The Simurgh.<br><br>“Nah,” Krouse replied, climbing to his feet.  “Just wondering.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/14 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.7]]</ref> [[Tattletale]] speculates that, like [[Labyrinth]], his power might create a dimensional rift in conjunction with [[Scrub]]'s blasts.<ref name="19.4 e1" />

His abilities didn't function properly on materials that had recently moved between dimensions, including his own pocket dimensions and [[Alternate Earth]]s.<ref name="17.4 e10">Armsmaster sighed.  “I know.  Can you shift this into one of your pocket dimensions?”<br><br>“I get bad interactions if I transition something in of one of my dimensions and back, or if I take things out of one dimension and put them into another.  It doesn’t compartmentalize into the dimension properly if it’s been elsewhere too recently.  Whether these people and objects came from somewhere halfway across the globe or some pocket dimension, I don’t think we want to test our luck and risk something disastrous.”<br><br>Krouse startled at that.  ''Is that what happened to me?  Some bad interaction of inter-dimensional crap?''<br><br>“I’m thinking white phosphor?”  Armsmaster suggested.  Myrddin nodded. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/11 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.4]]</ref><ref name="SV hostage">Myrddin sent things to another dimension. Monster has hostage? Send Hostage to a pocket dimension for a duration. This is why he told Dragon to mark the area and send help for when Krouse pops back into reality. But dimension shenanigans meant it acted differently. - [https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/posts/3148561 Comment by Wildbow on Sufficient Velocity]</ref>

===Power Insight===
Myrddin can catch "glimpses" of how a parahuman's power generally functions. For example, he identified that [[Gwerrus]]'s power is based around retribution and was likely related to damage reflection.<ref name="17.4 e2">“Any insights, Myrddin?” a man in armor spoke.<br>[...]<br>“A protective power.  I just got a glimpse of the idea behind it.  Retribution,” the first man said.  He was behind the man in armor, wearing a robe.  “Her power’s based around retribution for damage done.”<br><br>“Damage reflection?” the man in armor asked.  “Or does she get more durable as you attack her?”<br><br>“More likely to be the former than the latter.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/11 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.4]]</ref>